Who Let the Dog (and CAT!) Out???

 I recently purchased these wonderful cat and dog Halloween ghost dies and wanted to use them right away before filing them away!

Aren't these dog and cat ghosts a riot?!!

They are called Happy Haunting Cat Die and Happy Haunting Dog Die from Waffle Flower.

I die cut the ghosts out of white hammered paper to give them texture.  The goblin, spider and pumpkin face are cut from Black Glitter Paper. 

  

I embossed the black panel with an old dots EF from Darice and die cut the framing with a scallop frame die from Amazon. 

 

The dog and cat are up on foam dots as well as the body of the spider EEK!  I put one big silver dot on his head so he'd show up AND it made him even spookier...

Just Us Girls

ends Oct 6th

NBUS

1st time using the cat and dog ghost dies.

Halloween Crafts All Year Round

ends Oct 31

Four Seasons

Fall Season October

Crafty Animals

ends Oct 31

Paper:  Black, Orange Zest - Papertrey Ink, Glitter Card Stock Pad - Recollections, hammered white card - Amazon.

Other Supplies:  Happy Haunting Cat Die, Happy Haunting Dog Die - Waffle Flower, Nested Stitched Scallop Frames - Amazon, Dots Embossing Folder - Darice, Label Stickers: Halloween - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology, foam dots.

Inkspirational #376 - Furry Friends - Happy Birthday to Ewe!

 It's time for a new challenge over at Inkspirational and it's a Word Prompt.

I immediately thought of my fun sheep dies Primitive Sheep Die Set from Whimsey Stamps - that I have only used on a card once before over a year ago!?!?! 

  

At that time, I had luckily made a bunch of sheep bodies using the Opaque White Embossing Paste from Altenew and they were waiting for me in the sleeve with the dies!   So -  I just had to die cut the body bases (black behind the white fur), the faces and ears to make my sheep today!

 

It saved time not having to let the paste dry over night!

The sentiments inside and outside are from Sheepish Moments also from Whimsy Stamps.  I also added a black sheep inside.

So, please join us and show us your creation inspired by "Furry Friends"!  You'll find inspiration from the rest of the team as well as Mr. Linky over at the Inkspirational Blog here.

This challenge ends on Sept 25th.

Also sending my card to:

Crafty Animals #109

ends Sept 29

Love Those Pretty Papers

ends 9/30

Stamps:  Sheepish Moments - Whimsy Stamps.

Paper:  Kraft, True Black, White - Papertrey Ink, Water Color card - Spellbinders, DP - Primitive Colonial Americana - Whimsy Stamps, Polka Dot Obsessed - Unity.

Ink:  Nocturne - Versafine Clair.

Other Supplies:  Primitive Sheep Die Set - Whimsy Stamps, Wood Frame Infinity Dies - Hero Arts, Opaque White Matte Finish Embossing Paste - Altenew, flowers - The Greetery.

August 2026 Card Chain Challenge Reveal

 Today's the day all of the cards exchanged for the August Card Chain Challenge are revealed!  For August, I sent a card to Linda in MN and received a card from Pia in Norway!

26 cards were exchanged in August.

We are always given options for creating our design -  you only need to use one of the options or you can use several of them!   This month - I used the colors (pretty much accept for the pink), the theme of Elephants (could you guess that??!) and friendship.

I die cut a 2nd base shape for the elephant to be the back of the card  - scored it along the top (about a half inch down) and adhered it to the back side of the front piece.

Have you been thinking you'd like to participate in a Card Chain Challenge?  It's really easy - you sign up on Mr. Linky - you send a card to the person signed up before you and you receive a card from the person signed up after you!  Gail sends everyone the list at the beginning of the month with peoples email addresses so you can request their snail mail addresses.   You'll find all the details for the Sept Card Chain over at The Card Chain Challenge here.

Sign up for Sept ends 9/6

Also sending my card to:

As You Like it Challenge

Your favorite wild animal and why.  Ends 9/8

Hubby and I went on a Safari in Kenya in 1998.

I will say elephants were my fav, they were definitely the biggest! 

(but I also loved the giraffes, hippos, monkeys, lions and many beautiful birds!)

Crafty Animals

Any Animal will do  ends 9/30

Paper:  Core-dinations Color Core Card Stock - Tim Holtz/Ranger

Ink:  Brushed Corduroy - Ranger Distress

Other Supplies:  Clarence Colorize Thinlits Die - Tim Holtz/Sizzix , printed sentiments from stash.

A Sitting Pretty Cat

 I recently purchased this fun Cat Tree House Die from Waffle Flower and was happy to get it out to create this birthday card for a friend.

I embossed the background panel using Geo Screen Embossing folder from Spellbinders.  I die cut the Cat Tree House out of hammered white paper, colored the pieces with Copics and adhered the brown pieces over the tan.  Easy Peasy!    The cat is a sticker from Recollections.

I entered the following challenges with this card.

Seize the Birthday

ends 6/23

Crafty Animals

Always anything Goes with an Animal ends 6/30

Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast Stampers

Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers

NBUS

1st time using this Cat Tree House Die

SHUP Cats Only Challenge

ends 6/30

Paper: Hammered White - Amazon, White, Berry Sorbet - PTI

Accessories: Cat Tree House Die - Waffle Flower, Geo Screen Embossing Folder - Spellbinders, Cat Sticker - Recollections/Michaels, Copics E00, E13, clear dots - Waffle Flower, foam dots, computer generated sentiment.